| StepManiaX | |
| Developer: | Step Revolution |
| Engine: | StepMania |
| Released: | June 10, 2017 |
| Genre: | Music, Exergaming |
| Modes: | Single-player, multiplayer |
| Platforms: | Arcade |
StepManiaX (abbreviated SMX and pronounced "Step Maniacs") is a rhythm game developed and published by Step Revolution, a studio formed by former developers of In the Groove, ReRave, and Pump It Up Pro. It is considered a spiritual successor to the In the Groove series. The name is a nod to the legacy of the open-source simulator StepMania, as many of the original StepMania developers are involved with the project. StepManiaX is derived from the same codebase, with modifications made to support the new game types, lights, touch support, connectivity, and the custom Android operating system and hardware that dedicated units run on.
Similar to other stepping or dance-based games, StepManiaX uses a "stage" that the user stands on with certain areas being pressure-sensitive buttons, or "panels". StepManiaX uses five identically sized inputs, arranged similarly to a Directional Pad - Up, Down, Left, Right, and the inclusion of Center.
Players can select between seven different difficulty levels that affect how many inputs are active and the difficulty of patterns displayed. Players can also customize modifiers adjust to their preferred style, such as changing the visual appearance of patterns, how fast patterns appear, background brightness, etc.
The core gameplay involves players stepping on the panel with their feet to correspond with the scrolling arrows (or "Notes") on-screen once they reach the end of beat lines (horizontal bars that move up the screen). During normal gameplay, arrows scroll upwards from the bottom of the screen towards the end of the play area, towards a set of receptor markers on the sides of the arrow lanes. When these scrolling arrows reach the end, the player must step on the corresponding arrows on the dance stage, and the player is given a judgement for their accuracy of the input. Each note judged has multiple "windows" that it can be categorized into. These, from most accurate to least, are: PERFECT!!, PERFECT, EARLY, LATE, and MISS. Any judgement that is not "PERFECT!!" will show an indicator if the input was registered early or late compared to the intended timing.
Stepping accurately will contribute to the player's life bar, visible on the edge of the screen. Missing notes will cause a player's lifebar to decrease. If a player's lifebar empties entirely, scoring will halt and the song will no longer be able to be "passed" for that player, although the game will still continue until a player manually ends the song or the song completes.
Additional note types are also included with StepManiaX
Completing a song while a player still has energy remaining in their health bar will award a "pass" to the player. The player is taken to the Results Screen, which rates the player's performance with a star rating (between one and six stars, with a specialized design for players who achieve the maximum score of 100,000 points), the points earned (between 0 and 100,000, which can be interpreted as a percentage by dividing by 1000), and specific judgement statistics.
There are eleven different difficulty tiers within gameplay:
| Difficulty Tier List | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mode | Format | Panels | Difficulty Range | |
| Beginner | Single | 3 | 1 to 6 | |
| Easy | Single | 5 | 4 to 13 | |
| Easy+ | Single | 5 | 6 to 13 | |
| Hard | Single | 5 | 12 to 20 | |
| Hard+ | Single | 5 | 15 to 20 | |
| Wild | Single | 5 | 19 to 27 | |
| Dual | Double | 6 | 2 to 23 | |
| Dual+ | Double | 6 | 16 to 24 | |
| Full | Double | 10 | 7 to 28 | |
| Full+ | Double | 10 | 16 to 27 | |
| Team | Double | 10 | 9 to 26 | |
| Edit | Any (user created) | Any (user created) | Any (user created) | |
Difficulty names help pool difficulty numbers within easier named ranges. While it's intended to give new players a quick way to recognize where they land skill-wise, the numbered difficulty allows players to more granularity advance. Difficulty numbers are not locked to existing within a certain named pool.
The first four of these (Beginner, Easy, Hard, and Wild) are intended to be played by a single player on a single stage. For single-stage format, beginner mode exists to get newcomers to play and cater to freestylers, while using just three panels: left, center, and right. Easy adds the up and down panels, making all five panels available to play. Hard makes the different colored rhythm panels more common and may add a few advanced features like pits. Wild further increasing the difficulty while making additional features more common.
The next two difficulties, Dual and Full, are intended to be played by a single player utilizing both stages. Dual Mode is a new mode introduced to dance games that uses six horizontal panels, with both ups and downs not present. Full Mode uses all ten panels. These difficulties are not available if two players (non-cooperative play) are playing.
The last difficulty, Team, is intended to be played by two players simultaneously using both stages. In this mode, both players share the same lifebar and same score and are instructed to follow their unique color of notes to work cooperatively to clear the song. If one of the two players confirms the choice of Team, the other player can only choose Team. If one of the two players confirms the choice of any difficulty other than Team, the choice of Team on the other player will not be available.
Announced at IAAPA 2022, + (plus) charts (Easy+, Hard+, Dual+, and Full+), aside from their corresponding non-plus charts, will be added to songs. This is intended to fill the void on difficulty gaps. Newer content, by default, includes these difficulties. Existing content is slowly updated over time to add in the additional slots via online updates.
On May 22, 2023, the StepManiaX mobile app began allowing users to create their own Edit charts for songs and share them with other users. These edits are able to use any of the existing formats (Single, Double, or Team).
See also: In the Groove (video game series).
Development of StepManiaX started with stage development in early 2015. Several different designs were prototyped using various sensor technologies, including load-cells, piezoelectric sensors, force-sensing resistors, and optical sensors housed in an aluminum slim-line stage. This design was officially shown to the public by project lead Kyle Ward in early 2016.[1] Later that year, the retail version of the stage was shown, sporting a thicker, more durable steel stage design. During this period, the StepManiaX software was being developed in tandem with hardware development. The goal of the software was to create a simple interface that was accessible for all ranges of players. The game then grew its design to appeal to a wide variety of locations: Home, Health & Fitness, Education, Competitive E-Sports, and Family Recreation.[2] The title StepManiaX was selected to focus on the aerobic stepping aspect of the game, rather than face the common criticism of "dance" games not featuring "dance" movement.
The game's first public showing was during MAGFest 2017.[3] [4]
StepManiaX was released in June 2017, but access to the game was very limited. Initially targeting fitness and recreational facilities, the game was installed at various family-oriented locations. During this time, the all-in-one cabinet design was exhibited at various trade fairs and gaming events like Gamescom 2017[5] as sales were limited due to stock shortages and gauging interest with distribution partners. Multiple waves of sales for consumer use eventually led to home users acquiring hardware, as sales were not limited to organizations or certain environments.[6] The following year, a coin-operated version of the game premiered at 8 on the Break as an initial location and hardware test.[7] This cabinet revision also premiered commercially at IAAPA 2019.[8] Since then, the game is available directly via the developer's web store[9] and through various distribution partners.[10] [11] [12] [13]
During the COVID-19 pandemic, an integrated touch monitor/game combination was introduced for home users wanting to experience the game at home during lockdown.[14] This led to the future creation of the home-purpose cabinet types.
Step Revolution unveiled a new, larger, cabinet model IAAPA 2022 known as the "Deluxe" model.[15] [16] It features a 65" touchscreen display, dynamic lighting show, and an improved sound system over the Dedicated model.
At IAAPA 2024, Step Revolution announced the availability of a new "Standard" model.[17] This model replaces the existing Dedicated cabinet and features a 55" touchscreen and enhanced lighting and aesthetics that bring it closer to the existing Deluxe model.[18]
There are currently three StepManiaX cabinet models commercially available:
While StepManiaX is intended to act as a complete product that includes both the game and the hardware needed to play it, individual parts can be bought and used on their own with other products.
The StepManiaX stage features five pressable panels by default: Up, down, left, right, and center. Each individual stage can be mechanically attached to a second to play game modes that require two stages, such as "Doubles" mode featured in many different dance games. Stages also contain a safety bar on the back, matching existing arcade hardware designs, but is slightly taller and thicker than other implementations. The bar is installed with two large bolts on the bottom of the stage.
Stages are capable of sensing pressure by using 4 sensors per each panel that has input, have an LED array underneath for visuals, illuminated underglow, and directly attach to StepManiaX arcade machines.
The first released StepManiaX Stages, launched in 2017, used load-cell hardware to determine pressure in each panel and featured an array of 16 LEDs per panel. The stages also shipped with metal panels on the corners where input was not active that featured holes for letting light shine through for enhanced visuals ("lovingly" referred to as the "cheese-grater" panels by the community).
The second generation of StepManiaX Stages, introduced in 2019, changed the load-cells out for Force-sensing resistors which were more durable and built for a more commercial environment. The material for the active input panels was also replaced with a sturdier, thicker acrylic hybrid that did not feature dedicated arrow graphics printed on them. Instead, the internal LED array was upgraded to support 25 LEDs per panel, allowing the developers to create newer and more complex patterns and have artwork live through the lights, rather than unique printed panels. This generation also replaced the corner metal panels with thicker acrylic panels that matched the styling of the rest of the installed panels and more vividly allowed light to pass through.
Due to the stages connecting via USB, they are also fully compatible with various simulators such as StepMania, Project OutFox, MAME, or any application capable of using HID Joystick input. Due to its breakout wiring, StepManiaX stages can be modified to completely bypass the USB output and natively work with other I/O solutions. This allows stages to be used with older home consoles, or even as replacements for stages on official Pump It Up cabinets.[19]
An additional kit can be purchased to make the diagonal directions pressable, and there is also a kit that can convert it to play 5-panel games that traditionally have rectangular panels, like Pump It Up.[20]
An Open Source SDK is available for those looking to integrate direct control over the stage hardware, including interfacing with the LEDs and reading individual pressure values, allowing integration into third-party software when not used with the commercial StepManiaX Game.
The soundtrack style for StepManiaX is similar in approach to other dance games such as Dance Dance Revolution, Pump It Up, and In The Groove. The soundtrack generally consists of higher tempo music with easy to follow beats and well-defined rhythms. The song selection consists of newer songs that have never appeared in other music games, as well as older licenses that have also appeared in other music games. Alongside these older licenses are newer songs made by the same artists who worked on other music games, such as: Naoki Maeda, the original sound director for Dance Dance Revolution; Yahpp, one of the original members of Pump It Up
StepManiaX originally launched with a soundtrack of 80 songs, consisting of 52 standard songs and 28 premium songs.[21] [22] Premium songs are only available with a purchase from the arcade operator. Starting on March 5, 2018, StepManiaX started receiving free content updates, with the update schedule moving to a monthly cadence in April 2020.
, StepManiaX features a total of 532 songs, which consists of 82 songs (28 of them being premium, remaining 54 being standard) upon launch and 450 songs obtained via online updates (447 songs previously obtained and 3 songs recently obtained.). This does not include the 4 songs which were removed on August 17, 2021, prior to the release of update #19.
353 current songs appear only in StepManiaX, which consists of 48 songs (24 premium and 24 standard) upon launch and 305 songs obtained via online update (302 songs previously obtained and 3 songs recently obtained.). From the removed songs, 3 of them appeared only in StepManiaX.
KPop Demon Hunters Dance Battle version of StepManiaX was also released, which only features 6 songs from the movie.[23]
| StepManiaX Songlist | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Song Title | Song Artist | Update Version | Notes | |
| All Of Me ~Handz Up Radio Mix~ | Klubbmover | Launch | ||
| Ba Be Loo Be La | Kristeen | Launch | ⭐ | |
| Bagpipe | A-Moe | Launch | ||
| Be My Hero | Freezer | Launch | ||
| Birdie | Doolittle | Launch | ♥️ | |
| Blow My Mind | Alphadelta | Launch | ⭐ | |
| Bounce ~Melbournce Bounce Project Remix~ | Crew 7 | Launch | ||
| Burning Tonight | Krystal | Launch | ♣️ | |
| Can't Get Enough | Miradey | Launch | ||
| Can't Let Go | Launch | |||
| Change The World | Nathalie & Jim Lukas | Launch | ||
| Cowbell Rock | Pyramyth | Launch | ♣️[24] | |
| Crazy Baby ~2008 Club Edit~ | Fantasy Project | Launch | ♣️ | |
| Dabbi Doo | Ni-Ni | Launch | ⭐ | |
| Dance Vibrations | Elpis | Launch | ⭐ | |
| Dancing Circus | Brisby & Jingles | Launch | ||
| Day After Day ~De-Grees Rmx Edit~ | Rikah | Launch | ||
| Don't Stop My Music Tonight | David Dima | Launch | ||
| Dream A Dream ~Cheeky Trax UK Remix~ | Launch | |||
| Dreaming | Rameses B feat. Holly Drummond | Launch | ♣️ | |
| Dynamo | Oscillator X | Launch | ♣️ | |
| Emotion | Smiley | Launch | ||
| Endless Day | Verona | Launch | ||
| Everything is Changing ~Verano Remix Edit~ | Rikah | Launch | ||
| Firewalker | Xenon | Launch | ||
| MonstDeath | Launch | |||
| Frozen Fire | Kbit | Launch | ||
| Funny Love (Filatov & Karas Remix) | Launch | |||
| Get Down | Kairo Kingdom | Launch | ♣️ | |
| Girlz Night Out ~Andy Harding Club Mix~ | Launch | |||
| Got The Rhythm | Fracus & Darwin feat. Becca Hossany | Launch | ♣️ | |
| Hard Fast Disco | Launch | ♣️ | ||
| Hyper Hyper | Smiley | Launch | ||
| I Love You Baby | Pandera | Launch | ⭐ | |
| KaW | Launch | ♣️ | ||
| Indignation | Auvic feat. Pipo Fernandez | Launch | ||
| It Gets Better | Eskimo feat. Maria Merete | Launch | ♣️ | |
| Joanna (Shut Up) | Crazy Loop | Launch | ♣️ | |
| Land of The Lost | Banzai | Launch | ♣️ | |
| Licky Licky | Crispy | Launch | ||
| Lights Go Down | Less Affair | Launch | ♣️ | |
| Link Line | Asterisk | Launch | ||
| Look Into My Eyes | Rabih | Launch | ||
| Lucky Star | Miradey | Launch | ||
| Made In China | Vitas & Sergey Pudovkin | Launch | ||
| Medicine 2013 ~Crew 7 Edit~ | Kim Leoni | Launch | ♣️ | |
| Mexi Mexi | Mozquito | Launch | ⭐ | |
| Million Feelings (Dance Mix) | Chriss Floren | Launch | ♣️ | |
| Monody | TheFatRat feat. Laura Brehm | Launch | ♣️ | |
| Moonstone | Virgill | Launch | ⭐ | |
| My Freedom | Rayman Rave & Nika Lenina | Launch | ||
| Origin | Stallian | Launch | ||
| Party All Night | KaW feat. Sam-I-Am | Launch | ⭐ | |
| Party People ~KaW Hands Up Edit~ | Oscillator X | Launch | ||
| Party People (Turn it Up) | Andy Stroke | Launch | ||
| Personal Reality | Auvic | Launch | ||
| Ready To Fly | Aleky | Launch | ♣️ | |
| Remember December | Smiley | Launch | ♥️ ♣️ | |
| Reminds Me of Home | Stallian | Launch | ||
| Revenge | MonstDeath | Launch | ||
| Rockslaves | Leo Pigot & Rinat Crane | Launch | ♣️ | |
| Run Away | Avejio | Launch | ||
| Save My World | Stephy | Launch | ||
| Secret 2K12 | Rene Ablaze feat. Jacinta | Launch | ||
| Shoulda ~Tale & Dutch House Remix~ | SUNN | Launch | ||
| Show Me Your Moves | Auvic feat. Pipo Fernandez | Launch | ||
| Start & Paws | Oscillator X | Launch | ♣️ | |
| Sun Goes Down | Landomania | Launch | ||
| That Night ~D-R Remix~ | Eskimo and Icebird | Launch | ||
| The 7th Element (Zariis 2015 Remake) | Launch | |||
| The Last Time | Zariis | Launch | ||
| The Rainmaker ~Remix Edit~ | Doug Laurent | Launch | ||
| Think Thousand Thoughts | Auvic | Launch | ||
| Time is Ticking | Elpis feat. Black Elway | Launch | ||
| Time To Fly | Cindy Cooper | Launch | ||
| Twins | Martin Eriksson feat. Ellee | Launch | ||
| Unity | Launch | |||
| We Are The Sun | Maui & Crizz feat. Gerald G. | Launch | ||
| What Happened To Love (Mig & Rizzo Club Mix) | Denine | Launch | ♣️ | |
| Who | KaW | Launch | ⭐ | |
| Y Don't U | Deeper Territory | Launch | ♣️ | |
| Zodiac | Banzai | Launch | ♥️ ⭐ | |
| Big Blue Bouncy Ball | Mr. Blue | |||
| Ignition Starts | KaW | ♣️ ⭐ | ||
| One Step Further | ♣️ | |||
| Surf | Hyper Potions | |||
| Agent Blatant | Ernest + Julio | ♥️ | ||
| Bloodrush | TeknoDred | ♥️ | ||
| Da Roots | ♥️ | |||
| Determinator | Dust Devil | ♥️ | ||
| Disconnected Disco | Kid Whatever | ♥️ | ||
| Drifting Away | Filo Bedo | ♥️ | ||
| Fleadh Uncut | Ian Parker | ♥️ ♣️ | ||
| Flying High | Filo Bedo | ♥️ | ||
| Gallecode | Novus | |||
| Go 60 Go | Takoyaki | ♥️ | ||
| Hispanic Panic | Chucho Merchan | ♥️ | ||
| Holy Guacamole | Chucho Merchan | ♥️ | ||
| I Think I Like That Sound | Kid Whatever | ♥️ ⭐ | ||
| Ize Pie | Headtwist & Pump | ♥️ | ||
| Land of the Rising Sun | Spacekatz | ♥️ | ||
| My Life Is So Crazy | Initial P | ♥️ | ||
| Psalm Pilot | Jason Creasey | ♥️ | ||
| Reactor | Jason Creasey | ♥️ | ||
| ROM-eo & Juli8 | Nina | ♥️ ♣️ | ||
| Soapy Bubble | Fragmentz | ♥️ | ||
| Spin Chicken | Freebie & The Bean | ♥️ | ||
| Temple of Boom | Yannis Kamarinos | ♥️ | ||
| This is Rock and Roll | DJ Zombie | ♥️ | ||
| While tha Rekkid Spinz | DJ Zombie | ♥️ ⭐ | ||
| Crazy Loop (Mm Ma Ma) | Crazy Loop | ♣️ | ||
| I Feel Sun | Gyrlie | |||
| Paradise | Smiley | ♣️ | ||
| Pop4 (Darwin Remix) | Vibes & Wishdokta | ♣️ | ||
| Ra | Banzai | ⭐ ♣️ | ||
| Bad 4 My Health | Bassmonkeys & Soulsilver feat. J.D. ROX | ♣️ | ||
| Get Busy | Bassmonkeys & Bianca Lindgren | ♣️ | ||
| I'll Show You Loving | Bassmonkeys feat. Natasha Anderson | ♣️ | ||
| Click Bait | S3RL Feat. Gl!TCH | |||
| Jason Creasey | ||||
| Ladybug | Coconut | ⭐ | ||
| Paranormal | Inspector K | ♣️ | ||
| Sunshine | Triple J | ♥️ | ||
| Sweet World | Omega Men | ♥️ ♣️ | ||
| Darkness | Sanxion7 | ♣️ | ||
| Eternus | Sanxion7 | |||
| Feel The Melody | S3RL feat. Sara | |||
| Gargoyle | Sanxion7 | ⭐ ♣️ | ||
| Mellow | ♥️ | |||
| Pink Fuzzy Bunnies | Wonderboy | ⭐ | ||
| Rainspark | Sanxion7 | ⭐ ♣️ | ||
| Zenith | Sanxion7 | ♣️ | ||
| Be Alive (Raaban Inc. Remix) | Stian K | ⭐ ♣️ | ||
| Boom Boom Dollars (The Factory Eurotrance Remix) | ||||
| Do U Love Me | DJ Doo | ♥️ | ||
| Feels Just Like That Night | Eskimo & Icebird Feat. Maria Merete | ⭐ ♣️ | ||
| Hanky Panky (E=MC2 Mix) | ⭐ | |||
| July (EuroMix) | Smiley | ♥️ ⭐ | ||
| The Beginning | DJ Doo | ♥️ | ||
| Utopia | Smiley | ♥️ ⭐ | ||
| Xuxa | Smiley | ♥️ ⭐ | ||
| Ari Oh (Factory Team Eurobeat Mix) | Jenny Kee | |||
| Beautiful Man (The Eurobeat Remix) | ||||
| Become Astral | Ash Astral | |||
| Bumble Bee | ♥️ | |||
| Coming Out | Playmaker feat. Robina | ⭐ ♣️ | ||
| Dizzy | Balduin & Wolfgang Lohr feat. Alanna | |||
| Never Gonna Make (Factory Dance Team Mix) | Morgana | |||
| Waka Laka (E=MC2 Mix) | Jenny Rom VS. The Zippers | |||
| Bang Bang Bang (Handsup Style Mix) | DCX | |||
| Dance Boom Boom (The Factory Eurobeat Mix) | Tipsy & Tipsy | |||
| Flash In The Night | Flashman | |||
| Hero | ||||
| Monolith | Affinity | ♥️ ⭐ | ||
| Nightmoves | Playmaker | ⭐ ♣️ | ||
| Senorita (Speedy Mix) | ||||
| Typical Tropical | ♥️ | |||
| Who R You (Beat You Edit) | Leo Pigot | ♣️ | ||
| Whoopsy Daisy | Wolfgang Lohr & Balduin feat. Sebastian Daws | |||
| Young Forever | Rebecca | |||
| A Sign (Factory Eurobeat Team Mix) | Tipsy & Tipsy | |||
| Esperanza | KaW | ⭐ | ||
| Ghosts (Vincent De Moor Mix) | Tenth Planet | |||
| Justify My Love | ||||
| Move It Groove It | KaW feat. Sam-I-Am | ⭐ | ||
| Movin On | Ellen Gee | |||
| Pink Dinosaur | ||||
| The Saint Goes Marching (Helix Remix 2020 Edit) | The Saint | |||
| Anubis | Banzai | ♥️ ⭐ | ||
| Bandito | Remorse Code | |||
| Bye Bye Baby Balloon | Joga | |||
| Dam Dariram | Joga | |||
| Electric | The DNC feat. Miss Amani | ⭐ ♣️ | ||
| Exotica | Banzai | ⭐ | ||
| Music & Police | CJ Crew & KaW feat. Christian D. | |||
| No Princess | ♥️ | |||
| So Deep (Perfect Sphere Remix) | ||||
| Stay | ||||
| Summer Night In Seattle | ♣️ | |||
| We're Getting Faster | Darwin feat. Fraz | ♣️ | ||
| Your Own Destiny | ♣️ | |||
| Come On Now | Miss Amani | |||
| Devil Inside | CRMNL | |||
| Dam Dadi Doo | Fantasy Project | ♣️ | ||
| Dolphin Talk | Pyramyth | |||
| Fantasy | Melissa | |||
| Get Lifted | Hot Kicks | |||
| In My Dreams | Rebecca | |||
| Living In America | Rose & John | |||
| Speed Over Beethoven | Rose | |||
| Classic Madness | ||||
| Dopamine (Tale & Dutch Remix) | You In Mind | |||
| Equinox | Mage | |||
| Give Into | Nutronic | |||
| I Want Your Balalaika | The Royal Eurobeat Orchestra of Bazookistan | |||
| India's Glitch | Kirill Gramada | |||
| July Redux | Entity | |||
| Life Ride | Pyramyth | |||
| Mozart Is Back | Rose | |||
| My Baby Mama | ||||
| Nothing Gonna Stop | Micky | |||
| Silence | ||||
| Black Magic | Matduke | ♣️ | ||
| Crime Time | CJ Crew & KaW feat. Sedge | |||
| Magic Mystery Tour | KaW feat. Paula Terry | |||
| Night of Fright (Spooky Edit) | Justin Corza & 420 | |||
| Nightmare (Mage Remix) | FSJ feat. Tara Louise | |||
| Pretty Ugly (Jump Smokers Remix) | Yenn | ♣️ | ||
| Riddimino | Philstep | |||
| Sky High | Lucyfer | |||
| Warrior | Kirill Gramada | |||
| MAX428 | ||||
| Arcade Run | Perfect Sphere | |||
| Bring Your Lovin Back | ||||
| Confusion | ||||
| Doh! | Tale & Dutch | |||
| Hypnosis (BanYa Buzz Edit) | Colin Kiddy | ⭐ | ||
| I'm Crazy For Your Love | Black Eva | |||
| Into My Dream (Kaveh Azizi Remix) | ⭐ | |||
| No Nobody's Love | Joga | |||
| Bazookistan | The Royal Eurobeat Orchestra of Bazookistan | |||
| Electro Asia | ||||
| Megalovania (Chime Remix) | ||||
| My Generation (Fat Beat Mix) | ||||
| Nori Nori Nori | Judy Crystal | |||
| Russian Roulette | ||||
| Spaceman | ♥️ | |||
| What Love Feels Like | Leonail | |||
| Csikos Post (2021 Yahpp Remix) | ⭐ | |||
| Delirium (T2Kazuya Remix) | Smiley | ♥️ ♣️ | ||
| Ma Huggies | FIG & Nico Sleator | |||
| On My Own | Anamanaguchi feat. HANA | |||
| Show U Love | Entity | |||
| Take Me Away | ||||
| Twelve -True Fix- | ||||
| Beethoven Virus (2021 Yahpp Remix) | ⭐ | |||
| BU-44 | ||||
| Charlene | Missing Heart | ♥️ | ||
| Do It All Night (2003) | ||||
| Fall Silently | Christoph Maitland & Toby Emerson feat. Veela | ♣️ | ||
| Hip Hop Jam | Indiggo | ♥️ | ||
| Kagami (T2Kazuya Remix) | KaW | ♥️ | ||
| Subzero | Donk Terrorist vs. 204 | ♣️ | ||
| Baby Love Me | Judy Crystal | |||
| Critical Hit | MDK | |||
| Forever | Schustin | |||
| Summer (Speedy Mix) | Smiley | ♥️ ⭐ | ||
| Temple Of Love | ||||
| The Judgement Day | ||||
| Winter (2021 Yahpp Remix) | ⭐ | |||
| Cryosleep | ♥️ | |||
| Destiny | Smiley | ♥️ ⭐ | ||
| Dr. M (2021 Yahpp Remix) | ⭐ | |||
| Glowing In The Night (90's Radio Edit) | Schustin | ⭐ | ||
| In The Heat Of The Night | ||||
| Katana Fighter | Electron | |||
| Sky High | ||||
| Brutalisphere | ||||
| Butterfly | Swingrowers | |||
| Cartoon Heroes (Speedy Mix) | ||||
| Melancholy Vision | ||||
| Operator | ||||
| Show U | M-Project | |||
| Step Up Amadeus (2021 Yahpp Remix) | ⭐ | |||
| Test My Best | ||||
| Kick It Man | ||||
| If You Can Say Goodbye (Factory Team Mix) | Kate Project | Update #17 | ||
| Liquify | Toby Emerson | Update #17 | ||
| Paradox (StepManiaX Mix) | Update #17 | |||
| Queen Of Light | Update #17 | ♥️ ♣️ | ||
| Ring The Alarm | M-Project & Signal | Update #17 | ||
| Say What (Pisk Electro Swing Remix) | Cut Capers | Update #17 | ||
| Contrast | Donk Terrorist vs. Daniel Seven | Update #18 | ||
| Jukebox | Swingrowers | Update #18 | ||
| Kinky Boots | Daz Sampson & Nona | Update #18 | ||
| op13 -type one- | Update #18 | |||
| Turn Me On | E-Rotic | Update #18 | ||
| Boomerang | Miss V | Update #19 | ||
| Canon D.2 | Yahpp | Update #19 | ⭐ | |
| Closer To Heaven | Neonne | Update #19 | ⭐ | |
| Give You Love (Bounce Enforcerz Remix) | Daz Sampson & Katya Ocean | Update #19 | ||
| Grab It While We Can | FantastixX | Update #19 | ||
| Never Ending Story | DJ AC/DC | Update #19 | ||
| Update #19 | ||||
| 403 (Tokyo 2021) | Update #20 | |||
| Disco High (Scorccio Hot Vox Mix) | Ultimate Heights | Update #20 | ||
| Follow My Pamp | Andrea Damante feat. Adam Clay | Update #20 | ||
| Robot World | Oscillator X | Update #20 | ||
| Update #20 | ||||
| Update #20 | ||||
| Watch Out | Victoria | Update #20 | ⭐ | |
| Business Wars | Quiqman feat. Eternal JK Yoripi-chan | Update #21 | ||
| Get Up'n Move | S & K | Update #21 | ||
| Insane (Stephan F Remix) | Niko Noise | Update #21 | ||
| Lay It Down (Fresno Edit) | Tchorta & Gui Boratto | Update #21 | ⭐ | |
| Pump The Rhythm (Scorccio Hot Edit) | Ultimate Heights | Update #21 | ||
| We Do This Dance | Victoria | Update #21 | ⭐ | |
| Cyber-Kyoto- | Update #22 | |||
| Don't Stop | S & K | Update #22 | ||
| Everybody 2 The Sun (Scorccio Hot Edit) | Ultimate Heights | Update #22 | ||
| High On Your Love | Update #22 | |||
| Kalinka | Update #22 | |||
| Silent Movie (Odd Chap Remix) | Little Violet | Update #22 | ||
| Take Take | Miss V | Update #22 | ||
| The Naughty Song | Oscillator X | Update #22 | ♣️ | |
| Everybody Dance (Scorccio Hot Edit) | X-Rated | Update #23 | ||
| I Met You | DJ Cosmin, Ole Bott, Ammagin feat. Simon Erics | Update #23 | ||
| Katyusha (Russian Key Edit) | Schustin | Update #23 | ||
| Sing It Again | Kirk Monteux | Update #23 | ||
| Bubbles | Tokyo Machine | Update #24 | ||
| Outbreak | Feint feat. Mylk | Update #24 | ||
| Shiawase | Dion Timmer | Update #24 | ||
| The Shrimps | Vertigini | Update #24 | ||
| 7th Trip (80's-00's) | Update #25 | |||
| Fade Out | Bensley | Update #25 | ||
| Here For You | PIXL feat. Q'AILA | Update #25 | ||
| Recovery | JMCX | Update #25 | ||
| Dystopia 2077 | F.O.O.L & The Forgotten | Update #26 | ||
| Moonlight | Update #26 | |||
| Press Start | MDK | Update #26 | ||
| The Call of Wilderness | Electron | Update #26 | ||
| Just Do It | Swingrowers | Update #27 | ||
| Liberar Vida | Scorccia | Update #27 | ||
| Meta Dreadnaught | Update #27 | |||
| We Got The Moves | Update #27 | |||
| Dark Fenix | Update #27 | |||
| Art City | Virgill | Update #28 | ⭐ | |
| Bewitched | Update #28 | |||
| Cosmic Drive | Update #28 | |||
| Have Fun | Rameses B | Update #28 | ♣️ | |
| Pump It | Update #28 | |||
| All For One | IVD x Dee Dee x Kenny Hayes | Update #29 | ||
| How We Win | FWLR | Update #29 | ||
| Ooh La La La | Update #29 | |||
| Stop Me | Natsume Oki | Update #29 | ||
| Villain | Update #29 | |||
| VTubers Never Die! (RE-incarnation MIX) | Update #29 | |||
| Para-Symptoms | Update #30 | |||
| Rainbow Rave Parade | Chime | Update #30 | ||
| Space Boy | Rameses B, Feint & Veela | Update #30 | ||
| Trigger | CraXy | Update #30 | ||
| Bust It Out | FWLR | Update #31 | ||
| Demon's World | CJ Crew | Update #31 | ||
| Energizer | ZiGZaG | Update #31 | ♥️ ⭐ | |
| TURBO | Tokyo Machine | Update #31 | ||
| Dance | Sophon | Update #32 | ||
| Only You | Dexter King feat. Alexis Donn | Update #32 | ||
| STOP! & Go | Onyx | Update #32 | ⭐ | |
| Vodka | The Royal Eurobeat Orchestra of Bazookistan | Update #32 | ||
| Good Feeling | More Plastic & imallryt | Update #33 | ||
| INEEDU | Update #33 | |||
| Right Into You | The Tech Team | Update #33 | ||
| WYGD | Bishu | Update #33 | ||
| Midnight Train | More Plastic & Tylah Winyard | Update #33 | ||
| Get Busy | KOYOTIE | Update #34 | ||
| Quiqman feat. Chihiro Kawakami | Update #34 | |||
| Lemmings On The Run | E-Rotic | Update #34 | ♥️ | |
| Orbit | Ellis | Update #34 | ||
| Perks | Bibi Gold | Update #34 | ||
| Update #?? | ||||
| Born to Run | Red Parker | Update #35 | ||
| EMEA (Europe Middle East Africa) | Update #35 | |||
| Forever and a Day (Fracus & Darwin Remix) | Dy5on Feat. Silver Angelina | Update #35 | ||
| Update #35 | ||||
| Therapy | Update #35 | |||
| Bambole (Ole) | Papa Gonzales | Update #36 | ⭐ | |
| Bassline Shatter | M-Project & S2i8 | Update #36 | ||
| Just Dance | Bad Computer | Update #36 | ||
| Make It Tonight | Fracus & Darwin feat. Jake | Update #36 | ||
| Northern Lights | Saxsquatch | Update #36 | ||
| Do My Thing | PRTY ANML | Update #37 | ||
| Down Low | Hr. Troels x Felix Schorn | Update #37 | ||
| Nothing Else Matters | Katya Ocean | Update #37 | ||
| Samurai | Rameses B | Update #37 | ||
| Techno World | Update #37 | |||
| 2NITE | nanobii | Update #38 | ||
| A Little Love | Glitterati | Update #38 | ||
| Update #38 | ||||
| Stockholm To Bombay | Update #38 | |||
| Work | Update #38 | |||
| Love Arcade (Dance 'n' Thrash SMX Edit) | Bending Grid | Update #39 | ||
| Poco Loco | Update #39 | ⭐ | ||
| Rad | Tokyo Machine | Update #39 | ||
| Sirens | RENOLD X Scarlett | Update #39 | ||
| The Other Side | Au5 & Chime | Update #39 | ||
| Arsene's Bazaar | James Landino | Update #40 | ||
| Every Little Thing | Update #40 | |||
| Galactical | Tokyo Machine | Update #40 | ||
| Love | Ari Dayan | Update #40 | ||
| Night In Motion | Update #40 | |||
| Asian Night In 20XX | Update #41 | |||
| Dream of You | Bishu | Update #41 | ||
| Fiesta Night | Update #41 | |||
| Swipe | Felix Schorn | Update #41 | ||
| UFO | Update #41 | |||
| All Starts Now | Update #42 | |||
| Breathe Me Back To Life | Stonebank feat. Lena Sue | Update #42 | ||
| Candy Pop | Update #42 | |||
| The 7 Jump | Ken-D | Update #42 | † | |
| To Your Beat | S3RL feat. Hannah Fortune | Update #42 | ||
| Do It Like That | Mad Circuit, LG (Team Genius), Sereda | Update #43 | ||
| Keep On Dancing | BEAUZ feat. Heleen | Update #43 | ||
| Low Workout | Update #43 | |||
| Stars | James Landino | Update #43 | ||
| Y2Z | Affinity | Update #43 | ⭐ | |
| Boogeyman | Wizardz of Oz | Update #44 | ||
| Halloween Scream | Bigshot Bo And The Swing Crusaders | Update #44 | ||
| The Bass & The Melody | S3RL | Update #44 | ||
| Under The Bed | Macks Wolf X Tatsunoshin | Update #44 | ||
| BLEEP BLOOP | Tokyo Machine | Update #45 | ||
| Elysium | Scott Brown | Update #45 | ||
| Party | ChildsPlay | Update #45 | ||
| Supernova | Laszlo | Update #45 | ||
| Update #46 | ||||
| Definition of a Badboy | Scott Brown | Update #47 | ||
| Kibo | Dion Timmer | Update #47 | ||
| Let's Remember | Update #47 | |||
| Never Let You Down (StepManiaX Edit) | BEAUZ, Miles Away, & RYYZN | Update #47 | ||
| Fearless | Update #48 | |||
| Got Good Vibes | MO XO | Update #48 | ||
| Tick Tock (Quickdrop Remix) | Update #48 | |||
| Truth or Dare | Update #48 | |||
| Zen | Update #48 | |||
| Beat It | from20 | Update #49 | ||
| Electronic City Pops | Update #49 | |||
| Heaven On Earth | HELLO GLOOM | Update #49 | ||
| Music Is Moving | Tatsunoshin | Update #49 | ||
| My Salsa | Update #49 | |||
| Big Boss | Big Boss | Update #50 | ||
| Update #50 | ||||
| FAR OUT | Tokyo Machine | Update #50 | ||
| Herrscher Of Finality | Update #50 | |||
| What Ya Gonna Do | Update #50 | |||
| Accelerate | Teminite & Skybreak | Update #51 | ||
| Bad Revenge | from20 | Update #51 | ||
| Fly Me High | @pple & Pie | Update #51 | ||
| Mothership | F.O.O.L & SKUM | Update #51 | ||
| Rock Me Forever | Nevada | Update #51 | ||
| Dancing In The Dark | HELLO GLOOM | Update #52 | ||
| DMT | Technikore | Update #52 | ||
| Everybody Get Up | Tempo feat. Manola | Update #52 | ||
| SPEED KING | David Kane | Update #52 | ||
| Where Did You Go | Tatsunoshin | Update #52 | ||
| Burbank Nights | Dirtyphonics | Update #53 | ||
| DJ Party | BB Hayes | Update #53 | ♥️ | |
| Falling In Love | No Hero & Nino Rivera | Update #53 | ||
| Need You | Nostalgix | Update #53 | ||
| Take Me Away (Summa Jae Remix) | Dougal | Update #53 | ||
| Way to Rio | Update #53 | |||
| Angel | Wynona | Update #54 | ||
| Daydream | Danny Leax | Update #54 | ||
| Drum 'N' Bossa (2007 Vocal Edit) | Carbuncle | Update #54 | ||
| GOAT | 2BT3K | Update #54 | ||
| Hero of the Night | David Kane | Update #54 | ||
| Love Toxic ~quiet passion~ | FACTOR-X | Update #55 | ||
| Lunatic | BLACK HOLE | Update #55 | ||
| Parallel Universe | Omega | Update #55 | ||
| Paranoid | 180 | Update #55 | ||
| 戦国 (Sengoku) | Re-venG | Update #55 | ||
| Baila Bolero | Fun Fun | Update #56 | ||
| Be Alright | Red Parker | Update #56 | ||
| Set My Heart On Fire | Rocket Man | Update #56 | ||
| Total Nuclear Annihilation (SMX Remix) | Scott Danesi | Update #56 | ||
| Happy Holiday | Luv Limited -NM- | Update #57 | ||
| Running In The 90s (2023) | Max Coveri | Update #57 | ||
| Dreaming | Conro | Update #58 | ||
| Pilgrim 2000 | Bass-X vs. Scott Brown | Update #58 | ||
| When The Sun Goes Down | Ken Blast | Update #58 | ||
| I Don't Wanna Fall (StepManiaX Edit) | Jakka-B & Macks Wolf feat. Angel Lane | Update #59 | ||
| My Heart Is Ticking Like A Bomb | E-Rotic | Update #59 | ||
| Night In Tokyo | N.M.R | Update #59 | ||
| You Can Win | Luke | Update #59 | ||
| MEANT 2 BE (SMX Edit) | THIRST & nuphory | Update #60 | ||
| No Rules | Foxela & Britt Lari | Update #60 | ||
| Polarised | Koven, ÆON:MODE, Blanke | Update #60 | ||
| Remember Me | Leslie Parrish | Update #60 | ||
| Halley's Comet (Zillionaire Remix) | Jenna Drey & Joe Bermudez | Update #61 | ||
| Over The Top | M-Project & Vau Boy | Update #61 | ||
| Rain Dance | MUZZ | Update #61 | ||
| Redshift | F.O.O.L | Update #61 | ||
| Ekstasis | d-complex | Update #62 | ||
| Falling in Love Again | Naoki feat. Paula Terry | Update #62 | ||
| Go! Rocky Joe | Maximum Power | Update #62 | ||
| In The Echo | Koven | Update #62 | ||
| Letting Go | Bensley & Voicians | Update #62 | ||
| Ori Ori | MAANTRA | Update #63 | ||
| Ping Pong | AronChupa & Little Sis Nora | Update #63 | ||
| Pure Ecstasy | M-Project | Update #63 | ||
| Running Ninja | Eurofunk | Update #63 | ||
| The Banana Song | SIPPY | Update #63 | ||
| Vegas (Red Note Mix) | NAOKI underground feat. BOBBY | Update #63 | ||
| Proper Rhythm (SMX Mix) | peak divide | Update #64 | ||
| Boogie Shoes | AronChupa & Little Sis Nora | Update #65 | ||
| Calling | Donots | Update #65 | ||
| Strange Stubborn Proud | ELYXR Feat. Kurt Harland Larson | Update #65 | ||
| Why Me | Desire | Update #65 | ♥️ | |
| Worn Out Tapes [Tally-Ho Version] (SMX Mix) | peak divide | Update #65 | ||
| Bad Boy | E-Rotic | Update #66 | ||
| Every Time I Close My Eyes | Scott Brown & Gillian Tennant | Update #66 | ||
| Forever Now (SMX Mix) | peak divide | Update #66 | ||
| Frontal Impact | Daniel | Update #66 | ||
| Revolution | Naoki | Update #66 | ||
| Bella Ciao (SMX Mix) | BEAUZ & XYSM | Update #67 | ||
| Let's Go! (This is It) (SMX Mix) | 2 The Limit | Update #67 | ||
| My X | Little Sis Nora | Update #67 | ||
| Sevillana Mirage | Re-venG | Update #67 | ||
| When I Lose Control | Desire | Update #67 | ||
| Daydream Therapy | Joe Bermudez feat. Dana Mckeon | Update #68 | ||
| Mm-Hmm | W3WAY | Update #68 | ||
| Singin' Every Nite (Obladì Obladai) | Paso vs. Maximus | Update #68 | ||
| Under The Moonlight | M-Project | Update #68 | ||
| Waiting | KUURO feat. Bianca | Update #68 | ||
| Euphoria Rush | CHYL & Skybreak | Update #69 | ||
| King of Fire | Max Casanova | Update #69 | ||
| Morning Call | U-Chae feat. Uki Satake | Update #69 | ||
| Uncanny Valley (ELYXR Remix) | Freezepop | Update #69 | ||
| Alamo Drop Blues | N.M.R. | Update #70 | ||
| I See | Codeko | Update #70 | ||
| London Bridge | SCI Guyz | Update #70 | ||
| Old School | Rameses B | Update #70 | ||
| Death By Glamour (VGR Remix) | Toby Fox | Update #71 | ||
| BUSTED | Boom Kitty & Teminite & Tokyo Machine | Update #72 | ||
| Get Away (SMX Mix) | Modana | Update #72 | ||
| Neptune The First | Black ∞ Hole | Update #72 | ||
| Rubix Cube | Rusko | Update #72 | ||
| Ancient Tech | Mameyudoufu | Update #73 | ||
| Better Now (Tatsunoshin Remix) | JTS | Update #73 | ||
| Hands Up, Touch The Sky | NAOKI feat. NOVA | Update #73 | ||
| Chemical Love | Kevin & Cherry | Update #74 | ||
| Street Level | NXSTY | Update #74 | ||
| Stylewave | Waterflame | Update #74 | ||
| KPop Demon Hunters Dance Battle Version Songlist | |
|---|---|
| Song Title | Song Artist |
| Golden | Huntr/X |
| How It's Done | Huntr/X |
| Soda Pop | Saja Boys |
| Takedown | Huntr/X |
| What It Sounds Like | Huntr/X |
| Your Idol | Saja Boys |
| StepManiaX Update History (before June 29, 2021) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Order of sequence of online update | Release date | Number of songs |
| 1st | March 5, 2018 | 4 |
| 2nd | August 17, 2018 | 24 |
| 3rd | June 13, 2019 | 6 |
| 4th | January 9, 2020 | 8 |
| 5th | February 16, 2020 | 9 |
| 6th | April 3, 2020 | 8 |
| 7th | May 7, 2020 | 11 |
| 8th | June 17, 2020 | 8 |
| 9th | July 25, 2020 | 13 |
| 10th | August 27, 2020 | 9 |
| 11th | October 1, 2020 | 12 |
| 12th | October 30, 2020 | 10 |
| 13th | November 29, 2020 | 8 |
| 14th | December 21, 2020 | 8 |
| 15th | February 5, 2021 | 7 |
| 16th | February 27, 2021 | 8 |
| 17th | March 30, 2021 | 7 |
| 18th | May 1, 2021 | 7 |
| 19th | May 29, 2021 | 8 |
| 20th | June 5, 2021 | 1 |
| StepManiaX Update History (since June 29, 2021) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Order of sequence of online update | Update Version ! | Release date | Number of songs |
| 21st | Update #17 | June 29, 2021 | 6 |
| 22nd | Update #18 | August 4, 2021 | 5 |
| 23rd | Update #19 | September 3, 2021 | 7 |
| 24th | Update #20 | October 8, 2021 | 7 |
| 25th | Update #21 | November 11, 2021 | 6 |
| 26th | Update #22 | December 31, 2021 | 8 |
| 27th | Update #23 | February 7, 2022 | 4 |
| 28th | Update #24 | March 2, 2022 | 4 |
| 29th | Update #25 | March 30, 2022 | 4 |
| 30th | Update #26 | April 29, 2022 | 4 |
| 31st | Update #27 | June 4, 2022 | 5 |
| 32nd | Update #28 | June 30, 2022 | 5 |
| 33rd | Update #29 | July 26, 2022 | 6 |
| 34th | Update #30 | August 24, 2022 | 4 |
| 35th | Update #31 | August 25, 2022 | 4 |
| 36th | Update #32 | October 1, 2022 | 4 |
| 37th | Update #33 | October 29, 2022 | 5 |
| 38th | Update #34 | November 16, 2022 | 5 |
| 39th | Update #?? | December 14, 2022 | 1 |
| 40th | Update #35 | January 10, 2023 | 5 |
| 41st | Update #36 | February 11, 2023 | 5 |
| 42nd | Update #37 | March 28, 2023 | 5 |
| 43rd | Update #38 | April 30, 2023 | 5 |
| 44th | Update #39 | May 27, 2023 | 5 |
| 45th | Update #40 | June 26, 2023 | 5 |
| 46th | Update #41 | July 28, 2023 | 5 |
| 47th | Update #42 | September 6, 2023 | 5 |
| 48th | Update #43 | October 6, 2023 | 5 |
| 49th | Update #44 | October 27, 2023 | 4 |
| 50th | Update #45 | November 16, 2023 | 4 |
| 51st | Update #46 | December 12, 2023 | 1 |
| 52nd | Update #47 | January 17, 2024 | 4 |
| 53rd | Update #48 | March 1, 2024 | 5 |
| 54th | Update #49 | March 31, 2024 | 5 |
| 55th | Update #50 | May 4, 2024 | 5 |
| 56th | Update #51 | June 7, 2024 | 5 |
| 57th | Update #52 | July 11, 2024 | 5 |
| 58th | Update #53 | August 23, 2024 | 6 |
| 59th | Update #54 | September 29, 2024 | 5 |
| 60th | Update #55 | October 24, 2024 | 5 |
| 61st | Update #56 | November 22, 2024 | 4 |
| 62nd | Update #57 | December 24, 2024 | 2 |
| 63rd | Update #58 | January 16, 2025 | 3 |
| 64th | Update #59 | February 25, 2025 | 4 |
| 65th | Update #60 | March 29, 2025 | 4 |
| 66th | Update #61 | April 9, 2025 | 4 |
| 67th | Update #62 | May 30, 2025 | 5 |
| 68th | Update #63 | July 1, 2025 | 6 |
| 69th | Update #64 | July 12, 2025 | 1 |
| 70th | Update #65 | August 20, 2025 | 5 |
| 71st | Update #66 | August 22, 2025 | 5 |
| 72nd | Update #67 | August 24, 2025 | 5 |
| 73rd | Update #68 | September 25, 2025 | 5 |
| 74th | Update #69 | October 31, 2025 | 4 |
| 75th | Update #70 | November 24, 2025 | 4 |
| 76th | Update #71 | December 25, 2025 | 1 |
| 77th | Update #72 | January 13, 2026 | 4 |
| 78th | Update #73 | February 10, 2026 | 3 |
| 79th | Update #74 | February 25, 2026 | 3 |
| Removed Songs | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Song name | Artist | Release date | Date Removed | Notes | |
| All It Takes | Zariis | Launch | |||
| Hurry Up! | MonstDeath | Launch | Remix of "Sabre Dance" by Aram Khachaturian | ||
| Sinxorder | MonstDeath | Launch | |||
| Chica Bomb | ♣️ | ||||
Notes:
StepManiaX also features a mobile app, titled StepManiaX Link, that allows players to log into the game and save scores and modifiers.[25] [26] This allows players to save progress and compete in online leaderboards.
In May of 2023, Edit Mode was announced and released for StepManiaX Link.[27] This allowed for users to create custom step patterns on a mobile device and play them by logging into a machine. This feature does not allow users to import their own music, but instead create custom step patterns for existing licensed music on the retail game.
StepManiaX has been met with generally positive reviews, both for its hardware and the game itself, compared to other dance games such as Dance Dance Revolution and Pump It Up.
In 2018, Wilcox Arcade stated that StepManiaX is welcoming to the American arcade industry,[28] [29] while Arcade Heroes reported that the booth seemed popular with vendors at IAAPA 2021.[30]
Gemu Baka praised the machine during his time at BASHCon 2020 as the best alternative to Dance Dance Revolution, as the latter game remains exclusive to Round 1 and Dave & Buster's in North America.[31] As of 2024, Dave & Buster's existing Dance Dance Revolution games no longer receive the latest version, reducing the availability to just Round 1.
Reception of StepManiaX hardware has been generally positive, citing durability, more easily adjustable sensitivity, easier maintenance, options for customization, and quality of customer support. For the dedicated game itself, the majority of the praise comes from the large song library and its focus on otherwise neglected dance music genres, and lack of subscription fees or unlocks. Internet connections are only needed for content updates and automatic upload of user scores and preferences, and so completely offline StepManiaX setups are more complete in function than their competitors.[32] [33]
StepManiaX has been criticized for limited supply availability and having no support for cheaper, non-standard home offerings, such as video game console and personal computer versions. While stages are available on their own to private customers, restocking happens infrequently and sales periods typically only last for a few minutes. The high demand for these items increased during the COVID-19 pandemic, as many arcades remained closed or had limited reopenings.[34]
StepManiaX
, the amount of publicly tracked retail locations reported by the fan-run website https://zenius-i-vanisher.com/ is 480, outpacing the availability of updated and official installations of Dance Dance Revolution as well as the company's previous arcade efforts with both ReRave and In The Groove. Additional locations are listed on the company's official location tracker[36] but there is no numerical value displayed.
